# Premier Alan Winde and MEC for Agriculture Ivan Meyer welcome signs of stabilisation in the Western Cape’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, with no new confirmed cases since 22 March. Vaccination remains central to the province’s control strategy, with more than 161-thousand doses administered across 730 sites. Authorities say surveillance, movement controls, and traceability measures remain […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg se noodbestuursdienste waarsku inwoners om versigtig te wees omdat gure weersomstandighede vandag in dele van Gauteng verwag word. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ʼn geel vlak 4-waarskuwing uitgereik vir ernstige donderstorms en moontlike swaar neerslae wat tot oorstromings en skade aan infrastruktuur kan lei. Die nooddienste se woordvoerder, Nana Radebe-Kgiba, sê sterk […]
# The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has urged residents to exercise caution as severe weather conditions are expected in parts of Gauteng today. The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms and possible heavy downpours that could lead to flooding and damage to infrastructure. Emergency Services […]
# The DA says the slow rollout of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in Gauteng is putting livestock at risk and creating uncertainty for farmers. According to the party, only 133-thousand of the more than 284-thousand allocated doses had been administered, while over 150-thousand remain unaccounted for, and more than 240 active cases have been recorded. The […]
# Foot and Mouth Disease Response South Africa is calling for urgent private-sector involvement to help procure and distribute the 14-million vaccine doses needed to curb the livestock outbreak. The group’s spokesperson, Andrew Morphew, warns the government’s plan to vaccinate 80-percent of cattle within a year is too slow, and red tape and centralised control […]
# Die DA sê die stadige uitrol van bek-en-klouseer-entstowwe in Gauteng plaas vee in gevaar en skep onsekerheid vir boere. Volgens die party is slegs 133-duisend van die meer as 284-duisend beplande dosisse toegedien, terwyl rekenskap van 150-duisend dosisse nog nie gelewer is nie, en meer as 240 aktiewe gevalle is aangeteken. Bronwynn Engelbrecht van […]
# Foot and Mouth Disease Response South Africa vra dringende betrokkenheid deur die privaat sektor om te help met die verkryging en verspreiding van die 14-miljoen entstofdosisse om die bek-en-klouseer-uitbreking te bekamp. Woordvoerder Andrew Morphew waarsku die regering se plan om 80-persent van die beeskudde binne ‘n jaar in te ent, is te stadig en […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging verwelkom die kabinet se goedkeuring vir die publisering van die Wysigingswetsontwerp op die Voorkoming van Onwettige Uitsettings en die Onregmatige Besetting van Grond vir openbare kommentaar. Dit wil munisipaliteite, staatsinstellings en privaat eienaars in staat stel om beslissend op te tree teen onwettige besettings en uitsettings. Xolani Sotashe van SALGA […]
# The South African Local Government Association has welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the publication of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill, for public comment. The legislation seeks to empower municipalities, State entities, and private property owners to respond more decisively to illegal occupations and evictions. Salga’s Xolani Sotashe […]
